Gate.



UNTTED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

-GATE.

SPFGIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 727,584, dated May 12,1903. Application filed November l. 17902. Serial No. 129,708. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it vta/ 7] concern:

Be it known' that I, JAMES WILLARD BROWN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Osceola, in the county of Mississippi and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the followingisa specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction oflswinging gates and to provide simple, inexpensive, and eficient meansfor enabling a gate to be opened and closed from a distance to avoiddis` mounting from a horse or vehicle.

Another object of the invention is to enable a latch-bar to be operatedautomatically and to cause the mechanism for actuating the gate to lockthe gate in its closed position in order that the separate latch-bar maybe dispensed with when desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is perspective view of a gate constructed inaccordance with this invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation of a portion of the gate, illustrating the position of thelever and the link-bar when the gate is open. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail view, illustrating the construction of the inner adjacent ends ofthe lever and the link-bar.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theiigures of the drawings.

l designates a swinging gate of any desired construction, hinged to apost2 and connected with an upright 3 by an oscillating lever 4 and alink-bar which when the gate is closed, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of theaccompanying drawings, form a straight brace capable ot' locking thegate in a closed position. The upright is situated a short distance fromthe hinge-post 2 land is preferably su pported by suitable bracing-barsconnecting it with the hinge-post.

The oscillatingI lever has-its outer end 6 bent at an angle to form. ajournal and arranged in a bearing '7 of the upright 3, and

the inner end of the lever is provided on its lower face with adepending eye 8, situated a short distance from the extreme end of thelever and linked into a perforation 9 of .the bar 5, whereby the innerends of the lever and the bar are caused to overlap. The inneroverlapping ends of the lever and the bar are reduced and flattened, andthe bar is provided with a shoulder 10, formed by recessing its upperface, and by this construction the parts are interlocked when inalinement and are securely held against downward sagging in order toform a brace for locking the gate when closed.

The depending eye of the lever and the perforation of thelink-bar form ahinge connection,`and the bar and the lever provide a toggle connectionbetween the gate and the post or upright 3. The lever is provided at oneside with a pin 11, to which is connected a link or rod 12, and thelatter has attached to it operating-ropes 13, whereby the hinged ends ofthe lever and the'bar are swung upward to cause the gate to open. Themomentum of the gate in opening carries the oscillating lever beyond aperpendicular position, and when the gate is'open, as illustrated inFig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, the parts assume the position shownand are adapted to be swung upward by the operating-ropes, which have anequal pull in4 opening and closing the gate.v

The operating-ropes extend through a double pulley secured to an armla,projecting horizontally from the upright 3, and thence extend to anddepend from similar arms 14, attached to and projecting horizontallyfrom uprights 15.l The drawings show but one of these uprights 15; butit is tobe understood that in practice there will be two of theuprights, situated one at each side of the gate and at a suitabledistance therefrom to p ermit the gate to swing to an open positionwithout contacting with a horse or vehicle when operated by a person onhorseback or in a vehicle.

The gate may, if desired, be'provided with a pivoted latch-bar 16,arranged to engage an inverted keeper 17 and connected at its inner endby a rod 18 or the-like with the upwardlyswinging link-bar 5. As thelever and the ICO link-bar swing upward the inner end of the latch-baris simultaneously raised to disengage the latch-bar from the keeper 17.

1t will be seen that the means for opening and closing the gate aresimple and inexpensive in construction and positive and reliable inoperation, that they are capable of being readily applied to anyordinary Aswinging gate, and that they are adapted to operate the latchautomatically and also to serve as a latch for locking the gate and toenable the ordinary latch tobe dispensed with.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

VWhat I claim is- 1. The combination with a swinging gate, of an uprightlocated at one side of the rear end of the same, a bearing associatedwith the upright,-a swinging lever havingr one end bent at an angle andjournaled in the bear ing, said lever being provided adjacent to itsother end with a-depending eye, a pin associated with the. lever betweenthe eye and journal, a link-bar having'one end hinged to the gate andprovided at its other end with a perforation to receive the eye of thelever, said link-bar and lever having their meeting ends overlapped withthe end of the lever seated in a recess formed in the link-bar, alink-rod extending upward from the pin of the lever, and operating-ropesconnected with the link-rod.

2. The combination with a swinging gate, of an upright located at oneside of the rear end of the same, a link hinged at one end to the gateand provided at its other end with a recess, a swinging lever journaledat one end to the 'upright and pivotally connected at its other end withthe link-bar and overlapping the same, with its overlapped portionseated in the recess formed in the bar, a latchbar pivoted to the gate,and a connection between the inner end of the latch-bar and thelink-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES WILLARD BROWN. Witnesses:

L. A. MORRIS, W. D. HALL.

